Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-01-10 | Page 8 | Miss Kate Barnard on Witness Stand

MISS KATE BARNARD ON WITNESS STAND STANDI Leavenworth I Jan 9 In the prison tl allon at Lansing today toll ny MIss lIIM Kate Kale 1 te Barnard Barna ll dent of or prisons nail and corrections was vms r and reiterated rolt her charges char ef C lr graft and corruption in tho the man of prison affairs Rood Reed who acted as allor lucy noy no for Warden Wardon Haskell HaRkell asked MIss MIns Barnard whether she sho had haJ made mado out and md authorised d the publication of a statement In which she he charges that coal from the Iho prison mines was misappropriated by h the iho o and amid that fresh meat Intended for time the prisoners did not reach thorn thom Do you ou mean by h your our statement that tnt you Insinuate this timing thins she was asked Miss MIsi Barnard Barnnrd reiterated that she meant ant what her statement said Miss Barnard told the committee c that If It they the would come to Oklahoma ale alie could produce witnesses who have hau testified to her that coal coni has been heen mis misappropriated misappropriated appropriated and rind that prison hogs hoga had no name Miss Barnard Barnnrd displayed Indignation when Senator Reed tried to elicit a direct reply to lo his questions and she sho declared he was vae trying to lo got get her I tangled up upAl At Al this timis stage General WeHl ost of or time the Oklahoma committee and anul Instated Insisted that tho the attorney and nail tho the witness net act In a more moro gentlemanly and ladylike General eHl told lold the Iho witness she could answer yes jes or 01 no I Mimis Barnard Insisted that she did not see how lios she sho could answer either tv S ay ayI I dont charge anything personally I 1 simply I reiterate what witnesses g have ac told me said Raid the witness Mins Barnard was then dismissed from tho the stand bland